Those Who Can't, Govern
For much of last year, a standard trope of President Obama's speechwriters was that there were certain things only government could do. "That's how we built this country — together," he declared. "We constructed railroads and highways, the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge. We did those things together." As some of us pointed out, for the cost of Obama's 2009 stimulus bill alone, you could have built 1,567 Golden Gate Bridges — or one mega–Golden Gate Bridge stretching from Boston to just ... |
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Steyn Live!Steyn in Florida - Tickets on Sale Now!
Join Mark for a week of pure Steynamite in the Sunshine State as he flies south for a snowbird tour across Florida this February. Tickets go on sale this morning - Wednesday December 4th - and they make a great Christmas gift for the Steyn fan in your family. If you only know Mark from print, TV and radio, you're in for a treat: There's nothing quite like joining Steyn for an evening of "the usual blend of comedy and terror". "At one point, I just lost it. I was laughing so hard, I couldn't breathe," said Catherine Sims, after seeing Mark at Hillsdale College. "The best night of my entire life," declared satisfied customer M Craig Williams after catching Steynamite in Toronto. This is Mark's first statewide tour of Florida, and, as with last year's sell-out tour of Australia, you won't want to leave it too late to book seats. Tickets are available direct from the theatres: February 9th - Jacksonville: Symphony Hall at the Times Union Center for the Performing Arts February 10th - St Petersburg: The Mahaffey Theatre February 11th - Ft Pierce: The Sunrise Theatre February 12th - Ft Myers: The Barbara Mann Performing Arts Hall February 13th - Miami: The Olympia Theatre at Gusman Center See you in the Sunshine State for Steynamite in Florida! In the NewsThe 50 Best Conservative Columnists of 2013
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A call for support from Jack Fowler Making Spirits BrightIt's the Christmas Season at SteynOnline!
We've everything for the Steyn fan in your family this Christmas, from "A Marshmallow World" to the post-American world. Don't forget Mark & Jessica's Christmas album with almost an hour of great seasonal music - and it's an even better bargain when you buy it with The Mark Steyn Christmas Show, two hours of live music and great conversation with Martha Stewart, Tim Rice and Mark's other guests. And that's just the start... Steyn on the WorldSurrender in Geneva
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For the first of our seasonal Songs of the Week this December, here's a number that first appeared on the Hit Parade 60 Christmases ago - 1953 - and, despite a rather obvious period sensibility, has proved amazingly durable: Santa Baby For most of those six decades, "Santa Baby" belonged all but exclusively to the lady who introduced it: Eartha Kitt. But Miss Kitt died on Christmas Day five years ago, since when Santa Baby has been bestowing sables on other vocalists somewhat promiscuously... In the CornerTiger Beat... White House Beat... Who Can Tell?
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